Argentina

• Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Construction in Argentina down 6% in March; industry demands price stability

  

  Argentina's National Statistics Bureau, Indec revealed that construction activity fell 6% in March compared with the same period in 2013. The Argentine government, as has happened with the poverty figures, at first was reluctant to release the index, but finally delivered the latest data.

• Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 05:58 UTC

  Falklands or Malvinas: uproar in Argentina with YPF tourist guide

  

  The internet tourist guide from Argentina's nationalized oil and gas company YPF describes the Malvinas as Falklands, Puerto Argentino as Stanley, and Isla Gran Malvina as West Falkland, claim several Argentine media.

• Friday, May 2nd 2014 - 09:51 UTC

  Petrobras concessions in Argentine Patagonia extended for ten years

  

  The Argentine unit of Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras has signed an agreement with the Patagonian province of Rio Negro that extends its three concessions in that region for 10 years. The new deal was inked after the company renegotiated its contractual conditions with the provincial government.

• Friday, May 2nd 2014 - 08:37 UTC

  Labor Day with raft of increases in Argentina: train fares, gasoline, cigarettes and air tickets

  

  Despite Labor Day to honor workers, May begins with bad news for Argentine consumers: fare increases for trains and domestic flights tickets and rises on cigarettes and gasoline prices ranging from 4% to 100% in the case of train tariffs.

• Friday, May 2nd 2014 - 08:28 UTC

  Majority of Uruguayans rate Argentina as 'the less friendly country', says poll

  

  A clear majority of Uruguayans, 61% believe Argentina is the “less friendly” country, according to a March 13/23 public opinion poll, with 1.013 interviews in Montevideo and the main urban locations in the rest of the country.

• Thursday, May 1st 2014 - 06:45 UTC

  Malvinas issue should be addressed at UN General Assembly suggest Argentine lawmakers

  

  Members from the opposition addressed a letter to President Cristina Fernandez recommending that in the coming UN General Assembly Argentina presents a resolution-draft calling for the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim to be discussed in the assembly and not at the Decolonization Committee or C24.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2014 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil agree to further integrate and prop their auto industries

  

  Argentina and Brazilian officials agreed to continue meeting regularly to solve as soon as possible bilateral trade problems mainly those referred to the auto industry. On Tuesday Argentine Finance minister Axel Kicillof and Industry minister Deborah Giorgi met their Brazilian counterparts, Guido Mantega and Mauro Borges in Brasilia.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2014 - 09:18 UTC

  Argentina's top auto industry leader calls for new markets and lower costs

  

  One of Argentina's main industry leaders Fiat Argentina CEO Cristiano Rattazi denied the existence of a “serious situation” in the automobile industry, “so far” and pointed out the need to “seek new markets” to reverse current downward trends in car manufacturing.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2014 - 09:03 UTC

  Malvinas next of kin ceremony to remember the sinking of 'General Belgrano'

  

  The Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands next of kin commission and the Cruiser “General Belgrano-last crew” association will be honoring next Friday 2 May the 323 crew members of the Argentine man-of-war sunk during the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2014 - 08:57 UTC

  Poverty in Argentina stands at 27.5% of population, says Catholic University

  

  Poverty and indigence in Argentina in the last quarter of 2013 again increased and reached 27,5% of the population and 17.8% of households, according to the latest report from the Catholic University Social Debt Observatory, UCA.